“I am extremely pleased to welcome Pam Frey to Rockland Trust and that
Jen Marino and Deb Smith have agreed to take on additional, important
responsibilities”

Pamela L. Frey as its Executive Vice President of Consumer and
Business Banking;

Jennifer Marino, who has served as Rockland Trust’s Chief Marketing
Officer since 2015, as Chief Marketing and Customer Officer; and, that

Rockland Trust has named Debra Smith, Rockland Trust’s current
Director of Banking Operations, as Director of Banking and Digital
Operations.

“I am extremely pleased to welcome Pam Frey to Rockland Trust and that
Jen Marino and Deb Smith have agreed to take on additional, important
responsibilities,” said Christopher Oddleifson, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Independent Bank Corp. and Chief Executive Officer
of Rockland Trust. “Rockland Trust is focused on continuously improving
the value we provide to our customers and the experience our customers
have when engaging with us. We are fortunate to have Pam join our team
and to have talented executives like Jen and Deb ready to assume
expanded roles.”

Ms. Frey has many years of consumer banking experience, most recently at
CommunityOne Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was the
Executive Vice President of Consumer Banking. Prior to CommunityOne, Ms.
Frey held many leadership roles over the course of more than two decades
with Wachovia Bank and First Union. Ms. Frey received a Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Administration and Mathematics from Wake
Forest University. Ms. Frey’s responsibilities include oversight of
Rockland Trust’s retail bank branches, business banking, premiere
banking, and customer information center.

In addition to leading marketing, Ms. Marino also now leads company-wide
discussions to explore and evaluate ways to improve the Rockland Trust
customer experience. Ms. Marino will work with other Rockland Trust
leaders to insure that the needs and perspectives of customers are
understood and integrated into decision-making.

Ms. Smith, in addition to continuing to lead operations, is also now
responsible for oversight, enhancement, and expansion of digital banking
at Rockland Trust. In her expanded role Ms. Smith will lead efforts to
assess and implement new digital capabilities while simultaneously
educating customers and colleagues about Rockland Trust’s existing
digital platform.

Ms. Frey has also been named a member of Rockland Trust’s Executive
Leadership Team. Ms. Frey joins Ms. Marino, Ms. Smith, and Maria Harris,
who will become Rockland Trust’s Director of Human Resources on May 1,
2017, on the Executive Leadership Team.

Ms. Marino is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Rockland Trust.
She joined the company in 2015, and has 20 years of extensive brand
marketing experience for leading financial services and consumer
companies. Prior to joining Rockland Trust, Ms. Marino was a Vice
President and Senior Manager at Liberty Mutual Insurance for eight
years, most recently focusing on Customer Advocacy. Ms. Marino earned a
Bachelor of Science degree from Providence College and resides in North
Easton.

Ms. Smith is currently the Director of Banking Operations. She joined
the company in 2012, and has extensive banking operations experience.
Prior to joining Rockland Trust Ms. Smith served as Executive Vice
President and Bank Secrecy Act Officer for the First National Bank of
Texas. Previously Ms. Smith held various senior leadership roles at
Sovereign Bank and Bank Boston. Ms. Smith holds an Associate degree in
Management from Newbury College in Brookline, Massachusetts, and a
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Eastern
Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts.

About Independent Bank Corp.

Independent Bank Corp. has approximately $7.7 billion in assets.
Independent is the holding company for Rockland Trust Company, a
full-service commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts. Rockland
Trust offers a wide range of banking, investment, and insurance services
to businesses and individuals through retail branches, commercial
lending offices, investment management offices, and residential lending
centers located in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as
through telephone banking, mobile banking, and the internet. Rockland
Trust is an FDIC Member and an Equal Housing Lender. To find out why
Rockland Trust is the bank “Where Each Relationship Matters®”,
visit www.RocklandTrust.com.